Chinese wood products companies relocate to Vietnam due to US tariffs
Wood and wooden products manufacturers in China have been imposed 25% tariffs on all exports on the US market, as [...]
July 12, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Market Analysis / Forestry / Pulp & Paper / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / China / North America
Overview of the Vietnamese wood pellet market
The wood pellet exports from Vietnam have gone from nearly zero to approximately 2.75 million metric tonnes per year [...]
July 12, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / Asia & Middle East
CatchMark Timber finalizes acquisition of 1.1 million acres in Texas
CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. completes acquisition of 1.1 million acres of prime East Texas timberlands [...]
July 12, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / North America
Kronospan to invest US$463 million in Alabama expansion project
Austrian wood-based panel producer Kronospan plans to increase the investment in their Oxford, Alabama expansion [...]
July 12, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe / North America
Italy’s Enel Group sells biomass business for EUR 335 million
The Enel Group has reached an agreement with F2i SGR for the sale of the entire [...]
July 12, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Energy / ...Europe
Latvijas Finieris Group plans investments of EUR 200 million this year in boosting production capacity
Latvijas Finieris Group reached a turnover of 229.1 million euros in 2017, which is 7% more than in 2016 [...]
July 11, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood-based Panels / ...Europe
German imports of wood products revive this year
In 2017, total German imports of wood products (including all those in HS 44 and wood furniture in HS 94 [...]
July 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels
International Yacht industry urges for collaboration with Myanmar on sustainable teak
An international alliance of yacht sector and associated organisations has cautioned against a ban on trade in Myanmar teak. Instead [...]
July 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Asia & Middle East
Bergs Timber announces management changes; Sampsa Auvinen leaves the company
Swedish sawmiller Bergs Timber has announced organisational changes following its acquisition of Norvik Timber Industries’ Baltics [...]
July 11, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Sawmilling / ...Europe
Construction sector in Italy drives up wood products imports
Italy’s rise in timber imports in 2017 is a key indicator of the sector’s recovery. Overall, Italy’s [...]
July 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Europe
